Bindahara phocides explained

Bindahara phocides, the plane, is a small butterfly found Indomalayan (including Sri Lanka, India) and Australasian realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

The subspecies are:^[2]

• B. p. phocides Sikkim - Myanmar, South Yunnan
• B. p. fumata (Röber, 1887) Sulawesi, Talaud, Banggai, Sula
• B. p. moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904 Sri Lanka, south India^[1]

"Male and female, similar to the nominate subspecies above and below in both sexes, except that on the upperside of the hindwing there is a narrow, terminal blue-green band from near the apex to vein 2."

• B. p. phocas Staudinger, 1889 Palawan
• B. p. chromis (Mathew, 1887) Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons
• B. p. isabella (Felder, 1860) Cape York - Townsvill
• B. p. origenes Fruhstorfer, 1912 Philippines (Mindanao)

Biology

The larva feeds on Salacia.

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932.
• Book: Gaonkar, Harish . Harish Gaonkar . Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System . Centre for Ecological Sciences . Bangalore, India . 1996.
• Book: Gay . Thomas . Kehimkar . Isaac David . Punetha . Jagdish Chandra . Common Butterflies of India . Nature Guides . World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press . Bombay, India . 1992 . 978-0195631647.
• Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992.
• Book: Kunte, Krushnamegh . Butterflies of Peninsular India . India, A Lifescape . Hyderabad, India . Universities Press . 2000 . 978-8173713545.
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329.

Notes and References

1. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. R.K.. Varshney. Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Bindahara phocides (Fabricius, 1793) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . June 30, 2018.